Template:R:TheFreeDictionaryIdioms/documentation

Usage

This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections, and on talk pages, for citing the Idioms seciton on TheFreeDictionary. This template is also used in {{en-lemming test}}.

Parameters

The template takes the following parameters:

• |1= or |entry= – the name of the entry on the TFD website. If this parameter is omitted, the name of the Wiktionary entry is used as a default.
• |2= or |url= – the template can usually automatically create a link to the TFD website. However, if the link is incorrect, use this parameter to manually specify the URL of the TFD webpage.
• |3= or |accessdate= – the date when the TFD webpage was accessed, in one of the following formats: 1 January 2017 or January 1, 2017
• |source= – the source used by TFD:
  • Farlex – Farlex Dictionary of Idioms (2022).
  • MGH – McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs (1st ed., 2002).
  • AHDIdioms – The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms (2003) by Christine Ammer.
  • Collins – Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary (2rd ed., 2012).
  • Partner – Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary (2017).
  • AHD – The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th rev. ed., 2016).
  • Cliches – The Dictionary of Clichés (2013) by Christine Ammer.

For help with adding additional sources to this template, please leave a message on the talk page.

• |4=, |text=, or |passage= – a passage quoted from the webpage.
• |nodot= – by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use |nodot=1 or |nodot=yes.

Examples

• Wikitext:
  • {{R:TheFreeDictionaryIdioms}} or {{R:TheFreeDictionaryIdioms|example}} (assuming the template is used on the example page); or
  • {{R:TheFreeDictionaryIdioms|entry=example}}
• Result: “example” in Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

• Wikitext:
  • {{R:TheFreeDictionaryIdioms|entry=cut no ice|url=https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cut%20no%20ice|source=Cliches|accessdate=1 January 2017|passage=An Americanism dating from the late nineteenth century, it may come from skating, that is, the image of a poor skater who cannot cut figures in the ice.}}; or
  • {{R:TheFreeDictionaryIdioms|cut no ice|https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cut%20no%20ice|source=Cliches|1 January 2017|An Americanism dating from the late nineteenth century, it may come from skating, that is, the image of a poor skater who cannot cut figures in the ice.}};
• Result: “cut no ice” in Christine Ammer, The Dictionary of Clichés, New York, N.Y.: Skyhorse Publishing, 2013, →ISBN; reproduced on Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024, retrieved 1 January 2017: “An Americanism dating from the late nineteenth century, it may come from skating, that is, the image of a poor skater who cannot cut figures in the ice.”.

• Wikitext: {{R:TheFreeDictionaryIdioms|entry=nowhere near|source=AHDIdioms}}
• Result: “nowhere near” in Christine Ammer, The American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2003, →ISBN; reproduced on Idioms and phrases, TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.

See also

• {{R:TheFreeDictionary}} – a citation template for the main section of TheFreeDictionary